Po redaktohet Stobi (paragraf)

== History of excavation ==

The Museum of Belgrade was the first and only institution to investigate the city from 1924 to 1936. Yugoslavian archaeologists first discovered public and private buildings in the city and then the city's theater, built in the 3rd century, and religious artifacts from the central and western part of the city. Research into the city officially ended in 1940. During [[World War II]] late [[Hellenistic period|Hellenistic]] graves were found in the Palace of Peristerius, many of which had been covered by buildings. In 1970, between the North and Central Basilica and in the western necropolis 55 graves were discovered. In 1955 in the southern part of the North Basilica 23 Slavic graves dating from the 9th to 12th centuries were discovered. Bronze statues from the archaic and [[Classical Greece|classical]] periods as well as ceramic objects from the [[Neolithic]] era were discovered in the two parts of the civil [[basilica]]. An older part of the second synagogue was discovered in the Central Basilica, as well as architectonic structures and 23 Slavic graves in the North Basilica. The most significant finds were uncovered between 1970 and 1980 by [[Yugoslavia|Yugoslav]] and [[United States|American]] archaeologists. In this period more buildings were discovered and new expeditions in the western necropolis, the ''Casa Romana'' and in the [[aqueduct (water supply)|aqueduct]] network of Stobi revealed more mosaics. From 1981 to 1988 the Episcopal Basilica was unearthed. These investigations confirmed predictions concerning the religion, culture and daily life of its population.
[[File:Stobi deer mosaic.jpg|thumb|Mosaic at Stobi]]
A well-preserved marble head of Augustus was unearthed at Stobi in April 2009.<ref>[http://macedoniaonline.eu/content/view/13536/1/ MINA]</ref>
[[File:Stobi baptisterium.jpg|thumb|Baptisterium in the basilica]]